Woman

Rating:
Summary: Never Judge A Book By Its Cover
Review: I purchased this book because of the cover photograph. Regretably, there are few other photographs within that have the same grace and directness, few where the subject is as strong. The majority of the pictures within would more appeal to the bondage or S/M fetishist. Although I am in no way a prude, I did not anticipate such a preponderance of that subject matter based on the cover design and the Amazon write-up. Without a doubt there is a great deal of skill and craftsmanship involved, and the photos are wonderfully washed and tinted, but there is much less celebration of the fullness of femininity here then I would have hoped for. Persons who enjoy bondage, flagellation and leather accouterments may rate this work higher.

Rating:
Summary: Eros-free erotica
Review: It is difficult to imagine an erotic photography collection being neither arousing nor artistic, and yet this is exactly what China Hamilton managed to achieve in this less-than-memorable composition. I can only pity these obviously beautiful models presented in such an unappealing fashion. If there is a hidden message here, I failed to see it. My recommendation: stick to the higher calibre artists; Sieff, Newton, Kroll, Kloster, Dahmane, Stuart.

Rating:
Summary: Dark and Gloomy Photographs
Review: The picture on the cover can be considered one of the better photos in the whole book. The first few pages of the book appears promising. However many of the photographs starts to take on a dark and gloomy feeling especially those with a S&M theme. The different shades and tainting of the photos only add to the gloomy feeling.

A few of the models in the book are fairly attractive and the photographer is able to bring out their beauty in a erotic and suggestieb manner. However almost more than half of the book contains photos of S&M and that may be the downside of this otherwise promising book.